I was parked outside for a while and waited until I saw her coming out before I made any move. She carried her bags, so I could deduce it was the end of her workday, and when I saw her coming closer to my car, I got out and started to move toward her.I stopped when she stopped and began to look aro
PARIS'S POVKate looked at me as though my question had caught her off guard and I suppose it had. But as groggy and hurt as I felt, it was indeed a question that boggled my mind.My next of kin wasn't Kate, it was my beta Jackson. And I knew Jackson could not have called her and told her about the
"I don't know if to apologize or thank you since you actually saved my life. But it's my fault that you're in this position.""You can thank me, as I'm not particularly sorry for the role I played."She nodded slowly and kept her eyes on me, "thank you." she said and I shrugged,"I'd do it again," I
EMBER'S POV"Ember, you don't have to be upset," I said, trying my best to reason with her and she glared at me,"I don’t have to be upset? You don't get to tell me how to feel or how to react to the act that you were manipulating my emotions. How dare you, Paris? Who do you think you are?" she said
"Why do you look surprised, Kate? What? Did you think something so odd would happen and I would simply choose to believe that it simply just happened? Come on now. I know better, and I'm guessing so do you. And I wonder what would happen when Paris finally realized it as well." I said and watched as
PARIS'S POVIt was well after midnight when we got home and I expected everyone to be sleeping since all of the lights were off,"Do you need anything, sire?" Jackson asked when he followed me into the house, and I shook my head,"Aside from food that is not that hospital's food and a good night's r
The way her eyes widened was the answer I was looking for, and I balled my hands in fists to keep from using them around her neck,"What did I say about this, Kate?""Come on, Paris. I haven't even said anything yet, you are the one jumping to various conclusions, and besides, you only just made thi
Ember's POV"I had a run-in with Kate. " I said to Jean when we finally met up as planned. He picked me up at work and took me to where we had dinner, and I felt protected and provided for just by being in his presence."Did you?" he asked, and leaned backward in his chair, to look at me, "what happ
EMBER'S POV"there you are," Axel announced when he found me still on my hair, contemplating my life,"You were looking for me?""yeah. I said I'd come to watch you guys train. I stepped outside, but found the training ground empty, and wondered where you all went.""Well, we were there." I told hi
"good. Now come at me again, and this time around, use the element of surprise. I suppose we can make this lesson four."By noon, my body was different kinds of sore, and achy, and this time around, when Jean stretched out his hand toward me to help me up, I refused to take it, lest he make us go an
EMBER'S POV"Well now," I said and struggled against his hold."you're going to have to do better than that if you want to be free of me, Baby girl.""No fair, you had not even announced the beginning of the lesson." I wailed,"The same way that bear isn't always going to announce its attack. I'm s
And then I remembered and I groaned,“I forgot.” I sighed and rubbed at my eyes, before trying to sit up, “You can tell him to wait for me, I should be down soon.”I said and caught him looking at me uncertainly and I laughed,“You don’t believe that I’m up for real?”“I don’t believe you won’t go r
EMBER’s POV“They want you to wrestle a bear?” Jean asked looking just as shocked as I had felt when I heard the news and I nodded soberly,“They say it’s the only way for me to prove myself as being strong and worthy,” I said and took my seat on Jean’s couch.I had come to tell him what had befalle
EMBER's POV"wrestle a bear?" I asked in utter confusion, as I looked from my father to my brother and back to my father again, hoping one of them would tell me that it was all a joke. But they stayed looking so sober that I knew that this wasn't a joke of any sort.But they stayed, looking sober, a
EMBER's POV"He has refused a countless number of times we've shoved it up his face. What makes you think this time will be any different?" William asked, looking at me like he didn't think I was sure I knew what I was talking about.But I was sure. I mean, I had heard him correctly. And even now, I
"maybe. How are you? Were you able to get some work done today? All of that?" I asked, and he tilted his head, smiling at me,"So you want company?" he asked, his French accent going sultry, and I suddenly felt very warm. This wasn't what I had been aiming for, but I liked it very much."That would
Ember's Pov There comes a time in everyone's life when they decide that they've had enough of all of the crises they've had to deal with in life. And after that, they simply need a break.I didn't know how to get my break, but Paris had offered me one. The words he said to me when he saved me had c